# Incident 19791117045489I: Piper PA38112, Chandler, AZ, November 17, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 17, 1979, 11:15 local time
- Place: Chandler, AZ
- Airport: Goodyear Memorial
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 33.3062° N, 111.8413° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chandler, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3062&lon=-111.8413&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4309E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4309E-2018-01-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-38-112 (registry code 7103812, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-38-112) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA38112
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 850 total, 350 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791117045489I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

INSTRUCTOR DID NOT RECOVER FAST ENOUGH WHEN STUDENT FLARED TOO HIGH.

## Other reports on N4309E (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20121013024279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121013024279A), Oct 13, 2012: Piper PA-38-112 (N4309E), Corona, CA, Destroyed. N4309E executed an emergency landing when aircraft lost power. N4309E landed south of the runway at kjao and substained heavy damage.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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